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                    [Summary] => The Asian Development Bank says our economy should grow at a pace of between 7 percent and 8 percent to have any significant reduction in the poverty rates.


That is not about to happen. By most estimates, the Philippine economy will grow at 5 percent or maybe a bit less this year. Since our population grows at about 2.4 percent (one of the highest in the world), we will have net economic growth at roughly 2.6 percent.

Our rate of growth will fall woefully short of what is required to soak up poverty and bring down the level of misery in our society.
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The Executive Order was framed with evidently very little consultation – even if the order would send a horrible signal to those the world over who closely follow the uneven path of economic reform in the Philippines.
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Ayon kay Teddy Lopez, chairman ng Social Democratic Caucus, ginagamit nang paraan ng oposisyon ang isyu ng PEACe bonds para makaganti sa civil society sa patuloy na panggigipit sa Code-NGO kaugnay sa kinukuwestiyong Poverty Eradication and Alleviation Certificates (PEACe) bonds.
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Our rate of growth will fall woefully short of what is required to soak up poverty and bring down the level of misery in our society.
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Ayon kay Teddy Lopez, chairman ng Social Democratic Caucus, ginagamit nang paraan ng oposisyon ang isyu ng PEACe bonds para makaganti sa civil society sa patuloy na panggigipit sa Code-NGO kaugnay sa kinukuwestiyong Poverty Eradication and Alleviation Certificates (PEACe) bonds.
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